Attachment for cattle-stanchions.



A. L. CRAMER.

ATTACHMENT FOR CATTLE summons.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 24, 1913.

Patented Nov. 18, 1913.

M W M ALFRED L.

CRAMER, OF COLBY, WISCONSIN.

ATTACHMENT FOR CATTLE-STANCHIONS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 24, 1913.

Patented Nov. 18, 1913. Serial No, 769,748v

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALFRED L. (Jeanna, a citizen of the United States, residing at Colby, in the county of Marathon and State of lVisconsin, have invented certain new and useful In'iproven'ients in Attaclnnents t'or Cattle-Stanchions; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, cl air, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, re'ler ence being bad to the accoinpanying drawings, and to the letters and figures o'l. retorence marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in stanchion attachments att'ording means whereby cows, when stanchioned, and performing an evacuation, will be caused to move back from the position usually occupied during feeding, in order that the excrement from the animal will fall into a gutter rather than upon that portion of the floor upon which the animal would naturally lie, thus producing more sanilauv conditions than would be the case i l the animal were allowed to lie upon a filthy floor.

The invention comprises various details of construction and combinations oi parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and then specifically defined in the appended claim.

I illustrate my invention in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this application, and in which,

Figure 1. is a side elevation oi? the device, showing same adjusted in an operative position relative to the hack of an animal held by the stanchions. Fig. 2 is a sectional view vertically through the central portion of the apparatus.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter A designates an upright extension of the stanchion which is apertured as at B. Hollow shells E, are pivotally connected at their inner ends to the pivotal pins F, carried by brackets H, and telescoping Within said. shells are the ends of a bail shaped member K, which is held in adjusted positions by means of the set screws J passing through a shell J and a tiller J. A rod N is pivoted at one end to said member and telescopes within the shell 0, being held in an adjusted position therein, by a set screw passing through the shell 1" and a lillcr l. A. spring r is 'lastened at one end to the extension A, and has a pin 'l. secured thereto, which engages an aperture ll in the wall oi the aperture 1%. also registering apertures J" formed in the shell 0, when it is desired to hold thc member in an adjusted posilicn.

lrhen the device is adjusted tor use, the member which is designed to be held in a horizontal position adjacent to the back oi. the animal. will prevent the animal raising its baclc above the same level during an evacuation, and thereby cause the excrement; to fall into the trough or recess in the lloor provided for its reception, rather than upon the portion of the lloor upon which the animal is adapted to lie. liy the provision of a ll apparatus embodying the construction (itmy invention. it will be apparent that the animal will be kept more cleanly than would otherwise be the case, were it not for the provision of the means which I employ.

Vhat l claim to be new is,-

ln comliination with a stanchion provided with an upright extension, a bracket fastened to the stanchion, open cndcd shells pivoted to said bracket. a bail shaped member having its arms telescoping said shells. means For holding the ends oi said member in adjusted positions, a rod pivoted to said member, a shell movable through an opening in said extension ol the stamihion, a pin, a spring 'l astencd to the extension and carrying said pin. the latter designed to engage an :nierture in said rod to hold the same in an adjusted position.

in testimony whereof l hereunto a'llix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALFRED L. (IRA MEI lVitnesses G. M. ()upmirrrn, R. J'. Joims'i'oN.

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Washington, D. G. 

